In brief
Baroness Julia Neuberger is to chair a new Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity, charged with recommending ways to make the judiciary more representative of the people it serves. The panel will report back to the lord chancellor, Jack Straw, in November 2009.
Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees
Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes
Specialist associate solicitor rejoins Muckle’s leading employment team
